Fireworks & Fun

Fireworks were a topic of discussion at the end of the week as many of my class were attending a Bonfire Night function over the weekend, or were going to be enjoying fireworks at home. With this in mind, I set out some related activities to catch their interests. Some of the activities they enjoyed before the weekend, and some after…

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Trigeod Colour Puzzle Fireworks

A couple of months ago, Chrysanthos kindly gifted me their Colour Wheel Puzzle. We used it to to create some firework patterns…

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Montessori Tray

Sequins and pattern cards…

(A little tricky to create the marks, so we focused more on the actual movement.)

Counting ‘Fireworks’

Sparkly Pom-Poms

These always remind me of fireworks and we had some out with tweezers, egg boxes and a game board…

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This pom-pom balancing was ‘abandoned play’ I discovered…

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We also had them on the Finger Gym with a muffin tin…

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Sorting & Patterning with ‘Firework’ Jewels

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Black Water and Glitter

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Firework Dough

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Maths Area

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Light Panel

Beads & ice cube trays…

Rainbow blocks…

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Bonfire Night Small World Play

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OHP Fun

Cocktail stirrers and plastic shapes…

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Sensory Glittery Balls

TTS kindly gave me these gorgeous sensory glittery balls. They looked fabulous on the light panel – especially when we had the colour-changing feature switch on! My camera isn’t good enough to pick up the full effect unfortunately 🙁

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Transferring Sequins

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Chalk & Black Paper

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Glittery Tray

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Poppies for Remembrance Day

We’ve also completed a few ‘poppies’ activities, to acknowledge Remembrance Sunday. I’ve shared some of the pictures over on my Instagram Page, if you’d like to see them…

Thanks, Rachael!
I teach in Nursery in a Primary School (have also taught Reception, and Years 1 & 2 over the years). I think most things we do in my class can be used in Reception, or adapted in some way – so glad you’ve found some of them useful 🙂